Now accepting bee business

This bloom is ready for visits from bees and butterflies, barely.
A few disc florets of the dahlia Bubblegum just now open in a nest of swirling petals, aka ray florets.

What a stunning image! Beautiful banner!

A gorgeous banner!

Lovely closeup! And beautiful color!

Beautiful banner Elizabeth!

So much beautiful detail in this slice of a Banner! Well done!

Love the colors, shading, curves, details, lighting, composition.

Great banner! Looks like a painting!

The way the banner frames the swirls of the petals is just beautiful. Amazing colour too. Now I can't wait for my dahlia to bloom…
I o lay have a couple, I don't seem to as successful with dahlia than some other types of flower.

They are spectacular blooms...it's an "event" to see them in full display.
Well rotted & composted manure seems to be a key factor.

I had a neighbor many years ago that grew award-winning dahlias.
He impressed on me the importance of the "black gold", i.e. manure.
It's only been this year that I took his advice, and the results are amazing.

This is an excellent article https://www.americanmeadows.co...

@archtangent, can you please post the whole image?
Where did you photograph it?
Excellent photography.

Here's the source image, taken at Dahlia Hill, Midland, Michigan

Many banners in one bloom.

I love that the picture looks much like a painting. Nice banner!

Thanks for all the expressions of interest and appreciation. They're much appreciated.